2025-08-10
Dr. Foss
useR! 2025 — Durham, NC
August 10, 2025
traumar and nemsqar bring modern R-based QI tools to frontline userstraumartraumar: Example Functionsnemsqar: EMS QI with NEMSISnemsqar: Example Functions*_population() functions define eligible casestraumar: Used to report risk-adjusted benchmarking and SEQIC indicators for all 120 trauma centers in Iowa
nemsqar: Supporting the first statewide reporting on all NEMSQA measures in Iowa (only a few other states have done this with all 21 measures)
Reproducible, interpretable, fast
traumar project and there is so much room to grownemsqar has one other developerNicolas Foss, Ed.D., MS
Epidemiologist
Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services
Bureau of Health Statistics
Division of Public Health
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
e: nicolas.foss at hhs.iowa.gov
c: 515-985-9627